Notes / Commercial Description:
A light and refreshing American Ale, made with pale malt and crystal hops. She was inspired by my Mother's Mother, Granny Ruth because of her love and support. Don't be Ruthless. Have one on Granny.

Reviews by slayer3604:

A- Hazy pale gold color with a small head that disappears into a fine film on top of the beverage. Small ropes of co2 fly to the surface and there is zero lacing.

S- Small notes of piny effervescence along with some interesting tropical aromas such as pineapple, and cocoa nut!

T/M- Very light bodied, but has a bit of heft as far as character is concerned....very enjoyable and a slight bit of carapil chewiness that has a distinct cloying malt coating for your taste buds! Again we note some tropical pings here and there like pineapple, cocoa nut and now some mango as well. huzzah!

D- This damn bottle was only 2.49 at whole foods glendale and with my employee discount, it was like a buck 70 so im going to have to say this is my new favorite session beer! Not only a 'session beer' but a beer that will turn heads of those who are interested in expanding their beer horizons.

More User Reviews:

Appearance  The deep orange body was nice to look at, but the smallish head faded quickly. This is the only HOTD that Ive seen do that. Maybe I got a bad bottle?

Smell  Lots of yeast in the nose of this one. I think there are some other smells in there, but I wasnt able to get past the bready aroma.

Taste  Big, bready yeast takes this ale over right away. Theres strong alcohol notes in there too, which is odd because this isnt one of the big 10 ABVs that this brewery puts out. There are some bitter hops up front, but very little gets to the taste buds before the yeast takes over.

Mouthfeel  The lack of significant carbonation and one-sided flavors didnt do much to help this one down.

Drinkability  Only those into big yeast, like me, will come back for seconds.

Comments  I happen to enjoy overly yeast-laden ales, so this one will stay on my shelf. But its not for everyone, and certainly not typical of the style.

I've been waiting to try this one for awhile. Poured into my tulip glass a light golden yellow color, quite bright for an APA. A nice bubbly 1 finger head settles on top. Nose is a mix of some banana notes, floral hops and some spiciness as well. Reminds me more of a wit or hefe than an APA here...interesting.

First sip has a nice pale malt background with hints of lemon and banana. Mixed in there are some floral hoppiness along with a hint of clove and some spiciness. Quite tasty, but I'm still wondering how this should be categorized.

Nice, bubbly mouthfeel with small carbonation bubbles running over my tongue. I'm enjoying this one and it goes down smooth. I could have a few of these. Only complaint is that I was thrown for a loop on the style. Many thanks due to weefisheads for this one.

Looks like a pale ale should, but it might be a wee bit darker with a lil' more hoppy-like foam. I like it. The straw-yellow color allows some light with some shadowy cast, and it's a darned good-lookin' beer for what the bottle tells me is 4.5%.

I smell pale malt, which I ordinarily don't like, but I'm glad to smell anything in an American Pale Ale. I think aroma is a particularly difficult task for this beer-type, but this one's definitely better than average.

Pale malts always give me a chalk-like feel. How far is chalk from pale malt? Though I like it in the nose, I'm not a fan on the tongue. It's bitter, and it reminds me of a barium swallow. Again, though I appreciate the nose, the pale malt potency smacks my senses in an unpleasant way.

The feel, as I said, is chalky. I don't like the mouthfeel of chalk. Whereas I'm normally neutral on the mouthfeel of nothingness that is pale ales, this relatively aggressive one sits not so well.

It's not that drinkable because it's a powerful pale. I respect it, but I don't like it.

Pours a very cloudy orangey amber with no head and minimal lacing. Aroma is primarily yeast with some orange and lemon lurking in the background. Taste is sour and yeasty with minimal hints of fruits. Mouthfeel is medium body and low carbonation. Not very drinkable IMO, very disappointing for a HOTD brew.

Presentation: 12 oz brown short twist off with no freshness date. Quick blurbs about the brewery and the beer on the label. Layer of sediment is very noticeable at the bottom.

Appearance: Fast frothing white head sadly dissipates to a thin ring of lace, even with careful pouring a substantial amount of yeast made it into the glass causing the brew to look very hazed with a pale yellowish golden hue.

Smell: Yeasty with a lemony herbal hop aroma with a touch of honey like malt in the nose as well.

Taste: Carbonation is low leaving a slickly creamy mouth feel. Very yeasty on the palate with a bite towards the back, hints of hop and malt are there but the blanket of yeast is so thick it clouds them. Touch of astringency comes from the malt that same time as the hops hit for a bite the pushes the yeast to the top. Finishes a touch dry with yeasty overtones.

Notes: Give this brew some better flocculating yeast and a bit more carbonation to bring some crispness to the table and you might have a good beer. Unfortunately this brew does not come close to fulfilling my needs and was a chore to drink.

Pours a hazed, medium yellow color, with a large, rocky, white head. Long lasting head leaves sheets and patches of lace all over the glass.
Like the appearance, the aroma reminds me of a nice Belgian pale ale. Banana, cloves, coriander, and vanilla provide the nose.
Mouthfeel has the same Belgian theme, with fizzy, carbonation running rampant throughout the mouth.
Taste begins with tart citrus(lemon), and features a lot of biscuit and earthy yeast. Plenty of coriander in the background, as well. I could almost swear that somebody mislabeled this. Everything about this ale cries out, "I'm a Belgian ale".
I can't believe this is labeled as an American pale ale. Seek elsewhere if that's what you're looking for. As an American interpretation of a Belgian pale ale, this is really good stuff.

A rare treat, on tap at the Gingerman in NYC, Poured light orangy amber, cloudy, with a light white head and respectable lacing. Sniff of yeast and spice. Expertly crafted ale, Ginger, gin,spice, pine notes. Minty fresh, crisp finish. Cleansing juniper finish, spicy,complex with interesting phenolic notes, nicely done. High quality sophisticated concoction. i read pleant of M. of R. reviews of this in botle form , but the tap version was all together differant, fresh, tasty and full of intrigue

Bought in NYC from good beer.
A: A brilliant cloudy orange yellow with a one to two finger head which doesn’t dissipate.
S: Saison-ey, with lemon and zest and farmhouse accents. Little bit of grapefruit.
T: strong. A decent taste but somewhat bland, finishing with some alcohol taste. Lemon flavor.
M: lemon and some generic beer flavor. Some alcohol. Bland
O: Only okay, smell and appearance are amazing but it under performs on the taste.

The beer pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. The aroma has a lot of grass and bread in it, with a little bit of orange citrus thrown in. The flavor is similar, with grass and bread standing out. There is also some earthy and tea-like notes in the flavor, as well as some juicy orange notes. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Poured a very, very light clear yellow with a billowing, rocky white head that slathers the glass with lace. Aromas reminded me of a subdued Allagash White. Spicy, peppery, fruity esters, some malty sweetness, and a dash of hops. After tasting this beer, I had serious doubts about classifying it as a pale ale. It's very different than other pale ales I've had and for some reason, I just didn't care for this flavor. Flavor is almost entirely dominated by a sharp, almost biting tartness that really made me pucker. Hoppy bitterness mixes with loads of fruit flavors. Finishes very dry and tart...not appealing at all. Mouthfeel was thin and watery. Drinkability suffers due to the nasty taste left in the mouth. One of the "tougher to finish" beers I've had in a long time. Very surprising and disappointing beer from the HOTD brewers.

Pours clear oily gold with a squatty white head. Sweet aroma of crystal hops, lemon, and corn syrup. Taste battles between sweet and bitter and it differs with nearly every sip. Grainy taste throughout mixed with the crystal malt, some grapefruit and pears, then back to the grainy, cereal finish. Decent, not great.

Pours cloudy gold under a 1” off white foam cap that grips the side of the glass. Somewhat week nose offers primarily light malt aromas and traces of caramel. Rich malt flavors lead to an assertive hop finish. Medium body and carbonation.

Pours out looking like a standard pale ale, golden in color, tons of shi, err, sediment in the bottle. Or maybe its yeast. Smells not of hops. Yeast forward. Is this a mislabeled saison?

Taste, meh. A little more similar to what I've come to know as a pale ale, but still seems to be wading in saison or wheat waters at times moreso than a pale ale. Why? Where's the hops man? This is just bready and slightly bitter with something as a yeast akin to something from Belguim. Moderate bitterness.

Kind of reminiscient of Cascades forays into ipa's and pale ales, i.e. Cascade and HOTD are mostly known for non hoppy beers, but when they make pales/ipas, they are underwhelming to say the least, especially when you go in expecting quality on the level of their other beers.

Ghostly light nectarine appearance, some glow but far from clear. Poor head generation, nothing much to speak of. Laces are minimal, light and spare. Intriguing aroma, some hoppiness struggling through but subsumed by a mask of partly phenolic leather. Slightly less than medium mouthfeel, carbonation is too light and not well-done. The dominant flavor impression is muted, sweetened pineapple flavored malts, that unfortunate unwashed towel at the gym, more bready and yeasty like hot-crossed buns at Easter. Hops are just not aggressive enough in type selected or expression -- they lie there as a weak counterpoint. Sparsely lemony in the aftertaste. The beer claims to be an American Pale Ale, the taste goes in a different direction. So, unique in some ways, but not a profile that would lead me to pick this one out as a Pale Ale rather than an undercarbonated Belgian Wit with less than expected spiciness.